Biography of Michele Adams and Gia Russo

Known together as "the MiGi girls," Michele Adams and Gia Russo bring their personable charm and fresh, unique style to everyday living through their television shows, lifestyle books, product lines, and magazine editorials.  Their design sensibility is a modern twist on vintage and classics which translates into an approachable and distinctive style.  As trusted sources of practical advice for modern living, Michele and Gia provide solutions for getting the most out of everyday life—whether it’s decorating a home, celebrating a milestone or just relaxing with friends and family.

As television personalities, Michele and Gia host two Fine Living Network shows: The Art of the Party and The Perfect Surprise Party and have appeared as guests on numerous programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC’s Weekend Today and the Style Network. Most recently they partnered with AOL to host an original series called Entertaining with Michele and Gia.  The program features video clips, GMC sponsored tips, podcasts, mobile downloads, and step by step guidance on how to throw hip, simple parties.  Their success and engaging style led to endorsements and roles as spokespersons with high-profile brands such as Baby Gap, Amazon and most recently Pepperidge Farm.

Michele and Gia met while working as editors and designers for Martha Stewart Living in New York City. They found their skills and talents complemented each other's, and they shared an interest in style, gardening and entertaining stories. Together they worked on every aspect of more than 50 stories, developing them from conception and research, to development, styling and production. They turned many of those stories into content for Martha Stewart's television segments, books and internet business.  Their role in product design evolved from their editorial work and they developed both mass-market (Martha Stewart Everyday) and high-end retail (Martha by Mail catalog) collections. In 1999 Michele and Gia left Martha Stewart Living and moved to Los Angeles to form their company, MiGi, a combination of their first names.

Michele and Gia are the authors of three lifestyle books: At Home with Friends, Wedding Showers and Baby Showers.  Each book is beautifully photographed and filled with ideas, inspiration, and real world advice for planning both memorable celebrations and casual get-togethers.  At Home with Friends was selected for Oprah’s Book Club, on the bestseller list at Amazon.com, and nominated for a Gourmand International Award for best entertaining book. With their background as editors and stylists, they are a  favorite with lifestyle magazines and they’ve contributed to over 100 editorials over the past ten years to such titles as InStyle, O Magazine, Lucky, Glamour and Fit Pregnancy.

Adding another layer to their list of accomplishments is the fall 2006 launch of their own line of MiGi branded products.  The MiGi baby collection includes crib bedding and nursery room décor accessories  and is already a favorite with celebrity moms.  MiGi entertaining, tabletop and home décor products will hit stores in Spring 2007.  Designing their product line was a natural progression of their experience and notoriety and they honed their design and merchandising skills with freelance stints for a number of prestigious lifestyle, fashion and beauty brands such as Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Neiman Marcus, Target, Apple Computer and Lancome.